Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1910, Page 40

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BE BOY SCOUTS FOR AMERICA| N PorchT New Theory of the Comet " One Corps at Springfield, Ma: \ Another Planned. George H. Lee Argues that the Visitor is a Great Globe of | — Gaseous Nature, of Which Only the Nucleus and a Small Por- PLAN OF THE ORGANIZATION tion of Its Body is Visible Owing to Its Extreme Attenuation imeis Here isted 150,000 Boys t to Amerien ERAL of m #ald to me that their children were “scared to death” about the and the stories they had about the tail of the comet striking the earth, |There is really just as much danger to the earth from impact with the tail of a friends have ceases. For instance. a mixture of equal parts hydrogen and oxygen will be enorm- ously active at & temperature of 200 degrees | Fahrenhelt. At zero the activity is much | diminished. Reduce the temperature to the freezing point of oxygen, and the separa- tion Is complete. comet, Hero of Mafeking. heard The scout iden has just reached America trom England, where 150,000 boys are enrolled in the order. Springfield, |comet as there would be to a brick wa Mase., has adopted the idea and Syracuse |from striking ft child’s toy bal is getting ready to Institute it in the com- |loon ing summer or fall. The boy scout, with | Most of the theories of damage possibil his khaki shirt and woolen stockings, may |ities are not impossible, but are ab- ba as ublquitous here as he is in F surd at the comet's tail may iand |be & highly poisonous gas. overlooking the At about fact that such a gas could never reach minded youngster becomes imbued with|the surface of the earth, at the bottom the spirit of adventure. The boy scout|0f the tremendous atmospheric ‘ocean, plan is to take advantage of this interest |In amount sufficient to cause harm, even and train the 1ad in a wide field of wood- |though it were composed exclusively of craft and military knowledge, and, above |the deadly cyanogen. A thousand cubic all, to Instill in him at this impression- |miles of gas, at the diminutive pressur: able age @ practical twentleth century |existing at the extremity of a comet's spirit of chivalry. The Young Men's [tall, would, at the surface of the ecarth, Christian assoclation directors and the |be compressed to a cupful wchool men of England are unanimous in| Another far-fetched theory is that the their praise of the practical working out|upper surface of our ocean of air s a of the scheme. sea of oxygen, the highest known gas The scout Is taken at the age when his|and very inflammable; that the tail of the surplus energy is seeking some outlet, and [comct may “touch off" this gas and set he Is taught to do most of the simpler|the world afire. In this case it is over- things known to soldlers, sallors, police- [looked that hydrogen will mnot burn, men, firemen, first aid graduates, fisher-|cept in the presence of oxvgen, and even men, hunters, woodsmen, campers and de- | though the tall of the comet were a flam- tectives. A battalion of these young scouts in khaki shirts and stout shoes | and stockings marching down the street | for an hour's practice and play at the| edge of the town presents an alert, self-| rellant, well-diseiplined appearance seldom seen in boys of thelr age Going Through Probation. | Kvery patrol of boy scouts is named after some bird or animal, so the first| thing the boy does is to learn the cries and calls of his partieular totem. He is| then admitted into the organization on & BEE month's probation as a tenderfoot. In Fori, this month it is his duty to pick up prac- | - NUCLEUS C—Table tical Information, for at tha end of his| D—Fern Stand . | such thing as a complete | The law governing the expansion gases insures an atmosphere of some kind tc body floating In space. It also proves that all space s filled with| gas of an extreme attenuation, if not hy-| drogen, then a lighter and to us unknown gas 1 belleve that a comet is an immense sphere of gas, the diameter of which is more than twice the length of the tail at its most prominent appearance, which also comprises the concentrating or controlling medium—the vast central swurm of small #0lld bodies—is increasingly attenuated from the nucleus or center to the nu(erl surface. This immense globular body of gas is| enclosed by the atmosphere of inter-stellar | space. which, while not a real vacuum, is a greater one than any yet attained | through the efforts of man. It is just the kind of gas; just the right diminutive pres- sure to produce Illuminative effect under | clectrical excltation. There is with a = vacuum ! every only One says { 10 years of age every healthy- ex- KALTEX FURNITURE , Made of a light, tough fibre, practically indestructible—finish will not seratch, peel or splinter; is not affected by heat or moisture, and can be serubbed like a floor. Shomn in th beautiful shade of Grass Green. Kvery piece hand made and an ornament to the Den, Lihrary, Sun Parlor or Porch. We want you to see all the various styles and shapes in this new fur- ot i INTRODUCTORY PR CES E—Arm Rocker F—Arm Chair G—Arm Rocker [—Arm Rocker A—Arm Chair .... veen.85.75 ..$7.50 ...$8.00 .....$9.00 | ...$4.00 probation he must pass several tests be: fore he recelves his second-c He must have an elementary knowledge of first ald to the wounded and of bandag- | ing. He must know the Morse alphabet, so that he can signal by it. He must also be able to pass along a street, look | in four store windows, a minute at each window, and then tell with reasonable ac- curacy the contents of each. | When the boy scout has won his second class badge he begins at once to prepare for the first class degree. To pass he must, among other requirements, be com- petent to carry verbal messages and to compute the helght of bufldings and short | distances by sight with not more than 2 | per cent error. He must also be able to track a party of the enemy and to run a mile in twelve minutes. All this secures for him the general first class degrée. There are also special first class badges, such as the seaman’s badge. The scout who gains this has really a good deal of nautical knowledge. Besides ekill in swimming, he can quickly tie eight diffioult knots: blindfolded ‘or-in the dark, and can row a boat single handed. First Class Qualifications. For the first class signaller's badge the boy scout must stand tests. in sending and receiving messages semaphore and Mors at the rate of twenty-four letters a minute, He must be versed in the fascinating art of sending smoke and flame signals with fires, and must be able to transmit cor- rect Information in regard to the move- ments of the enemy. Special medals of honor are given for such deeds as stopping a runaway horse or ving life. There are twenty medals of this class, In with all this training are mixed the pastimes that & boy delights in, the skulk- ing on hands and knees through long grass after the imaginary enemy, the bullding of Indian camps by riversides and the flashing of messages from hilitap to hillitop. But valuable as Is such practical train- ing while the boy’'s mind is fresh and most eager to recelve it, it is still only the lesser part of the good the boy receives from being a scout. Behind it all stands & code of honor, definite pledges that he must make and must live up to it he would remain in the order. His motto is “Be prepared,” and the boy scout is pre- pared for emergencies, physical and moral. This is the scout oath, designed, of course, for English boys: “On my honor I promise that I will do my best (1) to do my duty to God and the king (2) to help other people at all times; (3 to obey the scout law. Scout Law. This is the scout law which the boy promised te fulfill: 1. A scout's honor is to be trusted scout says, “On my honor it is so, means that it is 80, just as much a had taken & most solemn oath. Similarly 1t & scout officer says to a scout, * ou on your honor to do this,” the scout s bound to carry out the order to the very best of his abllity and to let nothing in- terfere with his doing so. If a soout breaks his honor by telling a lie or by not carry- ing out an order exactly when trusted on cu honor to do o he may be directed to and over his scout badge and never wear ‘l..‘.ll. He may also be directed to cease be & soout. 2. A scout is loyal to the king and to his officers, to his parents, country and his emplayers. He must stick to them through thick and thin against any one who is their enemy or who even talks badly of them. 3 A scout’s duty Is to be useful and to help others. And he is to do his duty be- anything else even though he gives up own pleasure or comfort or safety to do it in aifficulty to know which ©of two things to do he must ask himself, ““Which is duty?”—that 1s “Which is best for other people™—and do that one. He must be prepared at any time to save 1ife or help injured persons. And he must try his best to do & good turn to somebody every day. 4. A scout Is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout. Thus if & scout meets another scout, even though a stranger to him, he must speak to him and help him In any way that he ocan, either to carry out the duty he is then dolng or by giving him food, or as far possible anything that e may be in want of. A scout must never & snob. A snob Is one who looks down upon another because he is poorer, or who s r and resents another because he is ich. A scout accepts the other man as he inds him. “Kim, o boy scout, was salled by the Indlans “Little Friend of All the World,” and that is the name that every acout must earn for himeell. 5. A scout must be courteous; that is, he to all, but especially to women and and old peo) invalids, cripples, he must not take any reward for or courteous. 18 & friend to animals. He hem as far as possible from it kill any animal un- it is only a fly. Kill- has \ whisties under all ‘When I:.i.ll an ellz 'Il. cheerily readfly, pot in sort of way. Scouts never s scout’s | badge. | ing torch, plunged Into a surrounding sea of inflammable hydrogen, it could not produce a single flicker. The upper strata of our earth’'s atmos- phere; the atmosphere of interstellar space; the general makeup of comets, etc., are all matters of conjecturs. I find that as- tronomers generally accept literally the Kinetio theory of diffusion of gases; that Is, they amccept it without allowance for the more important items of pressure and temperature. The kinetic theory of diffusion of gases 18 to the effect that the molecules of all gases are In rapld motion, bombarding each other, moving back and forth, so that s mixture of two gases, even though onels heavier than the other, will not séparate Into layers but will continue more or less of’a permanent nature. From this it 13 reasoned that the gas hydrogen, which is approximately sixteen times lighter than will not seek the upper strata of our atmosphere but will be per- manently, in conjunction with all other gases, mixed throughout our atmosphere. One who has thoroughly investigated kinetic energy in relation to gases known that the actlon is influenced to a very great extent by temperature and pressure. Heat is the prime factor, but pressure has its influence. 1 have experimented with various gases under pressures ranging from 1-1000 of an atmosphere up to an extreme pressure of over 3,00 atmospheres or about 50,00 pounds to the square inch, a pressure caused to bulge the sides of a tool steel tube having one-fourth inch bore and three- eighth-inch walls, At atmospheric pressure, or the ordinary state of gases at the earth’s surface, and at a normal livable temperature, the ac- tivity of gases is very great. A cupful of hydrogen introduced Into an ordinary closed room will quickly find its way to ry part of the room, though being so much lighter than air, it would seem that 1t should float at the top. Reduce the temperature and the activity of the gases decreases untll, at the freez- ing temperature (of the gas), it practically TRUL coreT - e eemm--VISIBLE DIAGRAM SHOWING MR. LEE'S THEORY OF THE COMET PORTION Or QOMET'S ATMOSPHERE The spectroscope shows in the tail and bright nucleus of the comet cyanogen, or carbon and nitrogen. also hydrogen and other substances in gaseous form. It is a well known fact that carbon and nitrigen, under slight pressure and exposed to elec- trical influence, will emit light. Therefore, the entlre vast body of the comet many millions of miles in dlameter,ds luminous if any portion of it is luminous. Why then does it not appear as a vast ball of glow- Ing fire? Simply because of the fact that, from nucleus or center to outer surface, the gas is of decreasing pressure and increasing attenuation In accordance with the law govertiing expansion of gases. A gallon of gas at the surface of the earth of a pres- sure of one atmosphere will, at a pressure of one millionth of an atmosphers, expand to a quantity of 1,000,000 gallons. Reduce the pressure to infinitesimal amount and the gallon of original gas will fill all space. The gas in the nucleus of the comet is of sufficlent density to give a bright light while the glow becomes fainter as the outer circumference is approached. We do not see the main body of this famtly {llumi- nated gas because it is overshadowed by the sun. We ses only the bright nucleus and the portion of the outer sphere which 1s shaded from the rays of the sun by the nucleus. That is why the tail of the comet always points away from the sun; it is why the tail is sometimes stralght and some- times curved according as the nucleus and extremity of illumination are of varying distance from the eye of the observer; it is why some tails are single and some double as the nucleus may be single or separated; why the comet grows brigter and the tall longer on approaching the sun. If we could see the comet in eclipse,— that s, if there were any body large enough to shield it from the sun's light—then we would see a wonder greater than any yet shown to man. Instead of the present form we would see an immense globe or ball of fire, the dlameter of which would be twice the length of comet and tail combined. It would surely startle the unregenerated. GEORGE H. LEE. e another, nor swear when put out. A scout goes about with a smile on and whistling. It cheers him and it cheers other people, especially in time of danger, for he keeps it up then all the same. The punishment for swearing or using bad language is for each offenss a mug of old water poured down the offender’s sleeve by the other scouts, 9. A scout is thrifty; that ls, he saves every penny he can and puts it into the bank s0 that he may have money to keep himself when out of work, and thus not If a burden to others, or that e money to glve away to others when they need it. Lieutenant General Baden-Powell, the British hero of Mafeking in the Boer war, concelved the idea of the boy scouts. He drew up the rules and bylaws and finsti- tuted it as a successful working scheme. He s preparing for England 150,00 boys trained In military discipline and tactics ready to be called upon by the nation in time of war. Beiter still, he is preparing 150,000 citizens more alert, capable and stancher morally for their enlistment In the boy scouts. No Rain—Lawns Dy In spite of the oft-repeated, prediction of the weather bureau that Omaha is to have rain, it doesn't come and many lawns are going to ruin as a result. Some have been precautious enough to purchase lawn hose from the Omaha Rubber com- pany at 1608 Harney street. When this is done and the lawn sprinkled frequemtly it | is always green and velvety. | coat, EARLY LIFE OF JANE ADDAMS Tells of Experiences of Her Child- hood the Offer of = be. Jane Addams, the great sqclal eettlement worker and the creator of Hull House in Chicago, begins her life story in the April American Magazine. Among some of the early experiences of her childhood she recounts the following touching story: “My great veneration and pride In my father manifested itself in curious ways. On several Sundays, doubtless occurring in two or three different years, the ‘Union’ Sunday school of the village was visited by strangers, some of those ‘strange people’ who live outside a child's realm, yet con- stantly thrill it by their close approach. My father taught the large Bible class in the left-hand corner of the church next to the pulpit, and to my eyes at least, was most imposing figure in his Sunday frock his fine head rising above all the others. I imagined that the strangers were filled with admiration for this dignitied | person, and 1 prayed with all my heart that the ugly, pigeon-toed little girl, whose crooked back obliged her to walk with her head held very much upon one side, would never be polnted out to these visitors as the daughter of this fine man. In order to lessen the possibility of a counection be- ing made, on these particular Sundays I MOTHER'S FRIEND A LINIMENT FOR EXTERNAL USE. Not only is Mother’s Friend a sife and simple remedy, but the comfort and healthful condition its use produces makes it of ines- timable value to every expectant mother, Mother’s Friend relieves mmmwamwgm-mmu» H—FULL ROLL ARM ROCKER, $3.00. MILLER, STEWART @ BEATON, 413-415-417 South Sixteenth Street. did not walk beside my father, although this walk was the great event of the week, but attached myself firmly to the side of my Uncle James Addams, in the hope that 1 would be mistaken for his child, or at least that 1 would not remain so con- spicuously unattached that troublesome questions might identify an ugly duckling with her imposing parent. 1 simply could not endure the thought that ‘strange peo- ple’ should know that my handsome father owned this homely little girl. But even in my chivalric desire to protect him from the offer, and I explained as gently as 0 could that we had no ambition to make Hull Houss ‘the largest institution on the West Side,’ but that we were much con- tected from untoward conditlons of work, and—so much herofcs youth must permit itself—if to accomplish this the destruc- tion of Hull House was necessary, that we would cheerfully sing a te deum on its ruins. The good friend who had invited me to lunchat the Union League club to meet two friends who wanted to talk over his tate, I was not guite -easy in the sac-|the sweat-shop bill here kindly intervened, rifice of my uncle, although T quistea my gcruples with the reflection that the con- trast was lel( marked, and that, anyway, his own little girl ‘was not so very pretty.’ Happily, however, this specter was laid betore it bad time to grow into a morbid familiar, by a very trifling, dncident. One day I met my father coming out of his bank on the main street of the neighboring city, which seemed to me a veritable whiri- pool of society and commerce. With a playful touch of exaggeration, he lifted his high and shining silk hat and made me an imposing bow. This distinguished puhll() recognition, this totally unnecessary iden- tification, among a mass of ‘strange people’ ‘who couldn’t possibly know unless he him- self made the sign, suddenly filled me with a sense of the absurdity of the en- tire feeling. It may not even then have seemed as absurd as it really was, but at least it seemed enough so to collapse, or to pass into the limbo of forgotten specters. e ] “Of the many things written of my father in that sad August in 1881, when he died, the one I cared for most was written by an old political friend of his who was then editor of & great Chicago daily. He wrote that while there were doubtless many members of the Illinois leglslature who, during the great contracts of the war time and the demorallzed reconstruction days that followed, had never heard of the movement of Illinois in which Hull House jolned to secure the passage of the first factory legislation. I was told by the rep- resentatives of an informal association of manufacturers that if the residents ot Hull House would: drop this nonsense about & sweat-shop bill, of which they knew noth- ing, certain business men would agres to give $30,000 within two years to be used for any of the philanthropic activities of the settlement. As the fact broke upon me that T was belng offered a bribe, the shame was enormously increased by the memory of this statement. What had befallen the daughter of my father that such a thing could happen to her? 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